American All Stars Tour 1953 Series

Game 15

Ipswich Firsts 15 lost to United States of America 16

American All Stars Tour 1953

Ipswich Firsts
15
16
United States of America
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/31572
Status Completed
Date Friday, 17th July, 1953
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee L McMahon
Venue Nth Ipswich Res. (Ipswich)
Crowd 3,155
Match Stats
Halftime Score 6 13
Ipswich Scoresheet USA
Jim PEGG 2 T Al ABAJIAN
Gary PARCELL   Bill ALBANS
      Gary KERKORIAN
      Alvin E KIRKLAND
 
E METEYARD 2 G 2 Gary KERKORIAN
 
E METEYARD FG    
Ipswich Teams USA
E METEYARD 1 FB 1 George KAUFFMAN
T MOLONEY 2 W 2 Bill ALBANS
K KELLY 3 C 3 Alvin E KIRKLAND
T DOYLE (c) 4 C 4 Sol NAUMU
Jim PEGG 5 W 5 Harold HAN
 
J WARD 6 FE 6 Gary KERKORIAN
E PORTER 7 HB 7 Ted GROSSMAN
 
T PARRY 8 FR 8 Francis MANDULAY
R GRICE 9 HK 9 Sydney WALKER
S PANKOFF 10 FR 10 Jack HURRELL
Gary PARCELL 11 2R 11 Mike DIMITRO
B RASHLEIGH 12 2R 12 Don LOWTH
Don MEEHAN 13 L 13 Vince JONES (c)
 
    B 14 Al ABAJIAN
   
 

Team Info

Ipswich Firsts

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1950 - Game 15 vs. Great Britain
Next Game:
Les Chanticleers Tour 1955 - Game 20 vs. France
Out:
Nev Linde (fullback), Denis Flannery (wing), Colin Quinn (centre), Bill Biggam (wing), Harry Griffiths (five-eighth), Lex Stephens (halfback), Ron Griffiths (hooker), T Purnell (front row), F Evans (second row), S Kreuger (second row), S Fleming (lock)
In:
E Meteyard (fullback), T Moloney (wing), K Kelly (centre), T Doyle (centre), Jim Pegg (wing), J Ward (five-eighth), T Parry (front row), R Grice (hooker), Gary Parcell (second row), B Rashleigh (second row), Don Meehan (lock)
Changes:
E Porter (centre to halfback)

United States of America

Previous Game:
American All Stars Tour 1953 - Game 14 vs. Toowoomba
Next Game:
American All Stars Tour 1953 - Game 16 vs. Wide Bay
Out:
Xavier Mena (front row), Alfred D Kirkland (second row)
In:
Ted Grossman (halfback), Jack Hurrell (front row), Don Lowth (second row)
Changes:
Al Abajian (halfback to bench)

Match Notes

Rugby Union player Jack Hurrell played under the false name 'Jack Harold' while Don Lowth played under the false name 'Pat Henry'. Jack Harold was the name of an American living in Brisbane, while Pat Henry was an actual member of the American side, however he was injured and still in hospital.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin